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10 Second Ninja X

Four Circle Interactive · Curve Games · 2016-07-19

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jul 19, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 30, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 19, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Jul 19, 2016 (PlayStation Vita), Jul 19, 2016 (Xbox One), Jun 11, 2025 (iOS)

10 SECOND NINJA X is a hardcore sidescroller. You're a ninja, there are robots, you've got ten seconds to destroy them all. Get three star ratings, climb leaderboards, discover secrets and stop Captain Greatbeard.

10 Second Ninja X is a 2016 Action and Indie title priced at $9.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (78% of 3315 reviews).

11
playing now
78%
positive of 3.3k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
65/100
IGDB user rating (36 ratings)
3.52★
PlayStation Store rating (3,731 ratings)
5h
to beat · rushed 2h · completionist 14h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$9.99
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

10 Second Ninja X is a 2016 puzzle-platform game developed by Four Circle Interactive and published by Curve Games. The game was released in July 2016 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Microsoft Windows, and Xbox One, and in July 2021 for Nintendo Switch.

Trailer

10 Second Ninja X trailer thumbnail

10 Second Ninja X - Announcement Trailer | PS4 , PS Vita

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 11 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 83k–199k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,322 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.41 at GreenManGaming (2020-07-16) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 89 of 134 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920172026Week of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1502026-09-15 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 10 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 15 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2450Jun 2016Aug 2026Jun 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Oct 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Feb 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Jun 2017 — avg 2 · peak 10Oct 2017 — avg 2 · peak 7Feb 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Jun 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Feb 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2020 — avg 62 · peak 189Oct 2020 — avg 30 · peak 365Feb 2021 — avg 12 · peak 87Jun 2021 — avg 10 · peak 27Oct 2021 — avg 8 · peak 100Feb 2022 — avg 6 · peak 17Jun 2022 — avg 6 · peak 29Oct 2022 — avg 5 · peak 19Feb 2023 — avg 6 · peak 62Jun 2023 — avg 5 · peak 15Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 11Feb 2024 — avg 5 · peak 16Jun 2024 — avg 5 · peak 12Oct 2024 — avg 4 · peak 10Feb 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Jun 2025 — avg 4 · peak 14Oct 2025 — avg 5 · peak 13Feb 2026 — avg 3 · peak 13Jun 2026 — avg 6 · peak 55Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$10.07$0.682016-07-192026-10-102016-07-19 — best price $5.992017-05-15 — best price $3.002017-12-18 — best price $2.492018-04-23 — best price $10.072018-08-09 — best price $2.882018-11-22 — best price $1.002019-04-12 — best price $1.992019-09-12 — best price $9.992019-12-20 — best price $1.992020-03-02 — best price $1.002020-06-07 — best price $9.992020-08-26 — best price $8.892020-10-19 — best price $0.992021-01-13 — best price $9.992021-03-30 — best price $9.992021-06-08 — best price $8.382021-09-12 — best price $7.342021-12-04 — best price $9.992022-03-23 — best price $9.992022-06-21 — best price $0.792022-09-11 — best price $0.842022-12-01 — best price $9.992023-02-28 — best price $8.392023-05-07 — best price $0.892023-07-25 — best price $0.792023-10-14 — best price $9.992023-12-21 — best price $0.992024-03-08 — best price $9.992024-06-17 — best price $7.892024-10-17 — best price $9.992025-01-23 — best price $0.862025-05-12 — best price $9.992025-08-29 — best price $9.992025-12-06 — best price $9.992026-03-06 — best price $9.992026-06-05 — best price $0.712026-08-21 — best price $1.002026-10-10 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2452026-05-31 — 9 pageviews2026-06-04 — 13 pageviews2026-06-08 — 8 pageviews2026-06-12 — 6 pageviews2026-06-16 — 15 pageviews2026-06-20 — 10 pageviews2026-06-24 — 10 pageviews2026-06-28 — 16 pageviews2026-07-02 — 13 pageviews2026-07-06 — 11 pageviews2026-07-10 — 10 pageviews2026-07-14 — 18 pageviews2026-07-18 — 14 pageviews2026-07-22 — 10 pageviews2026-07-26 — 18 pageviews2026-07-30 — 11 pageviews2026-08-03 — 9 pageviews2026-08-07 — 7 pageviews2026-08-11 — 8 pageviews2026-08-15 — 6 pageviews2026-08-19 — 11 pageviews2026-08-23 — 12 pageviews2026-08-27 — 10 pageviews2026-08-31 — 14 pageviews2026-09-04 — 5 pageviews2026-09-08 — 12 pageviews2026-09-12 — 8 pageviews2026-09-16 — 13 pageviews2026-09-20 — 10 pageviews2026-09-24 — 13 pageviews2026-09-28 — 17 pageviews2026-10-02 — 11 pageviews2026-10-06 — 9 pageviews2026-10-09 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
21.2%
earned "SO CLOSE"
11.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume ControlsSave AnytimeSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4, PS Vita (PlayStation)7,2877%12
Steam (Steam)4,33118%12
Xbox One (Xbox)1,7444%12
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DIndieNinjaActionArcadeCasualPuzzleDifficultFast-PacedPlatformer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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